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Burton responded to the list in a manner that some representatives said they found off-putting and stubborn...
...political distinctions are mirrored by longstanding cultural traditions--family, history and home. For the most part, the South disapproves of Northerners' fast-paced lifestyles, harsh winter weather and abrupt manner. And in turn, many Northerners stereotype residents of the South, lumping them into one mint julep-sippin', tobacco-spittin', slow-talkin' conservative evangelist...
...tendency is to think South before you think North, before you think East," Zettel wrote in an e-mail message. "The South connotes a more leisurely, less stressful lifestyle. Southerners are generally perceived as more friendly and welcoming... Even intellectual matters and pursuits...play out in a more relaxed manner in a Southern clime...
...Know what we're going to feed you?" asks the counselor. "Bread and water?" answers Matthew, who had earlier bolted down a McDouble and fries just in case. He seems sincerely concerned, but his manner is mistaken for belligerence...
...from no-nonsense blues like Metheny's own (Go) Git It to a feathery bossa nova romp through the harmonic obstacle course of John Coltrane's Giant Steps. The biggest surprise is the old-fashioned show tune A Lot of Livin' to Do, coolly reharmonized in the oblique, quizzical manner of Metheny's idol, the peerless jazz guitarist Jim Hall. Metheny's three previous trio albums rank with his strongest work, and Trio 99[to]00 proves that his improvisational reflexes are as fast as ever; the new millennium now has its first great guitar album...